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G. O. S. CONWAY. RAILWAY GAR.

No. 308,830., Patented Dec. 2, 1884.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE OKILL STUART OONXVAY, OF STONEFIELD, QUEBEC, CANADA, ASSIGNOR OFTWO-THIRDS TO JAMES COOPER AND FREDERICK FAIR- MAN, BOTH OF MONTREAL,CANADA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 308,830, dated December2, 1884. Application filed July 29,1F84. (No model.) Patented in CanadaAugust 9. 1884. No.19,955.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE OKILL STUART CONWAY, of Stoneiield, in thecounty of Argenteuil and Province of Quebec, Canada, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Cars; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same.

My invention has reference to certain appliances to be attached torailway-cars of all kinds, and which come into action instantaneouslyupon a wheel or wheels leaving the rail, the breaking of an axle, or anyother ac cident from which a car is likely to leave the road-bed andbecome ditched. These appliances serve in such a case to hold the trucksin their normal position with regard to the axis of the ear, therebykeeping the car in the line of the train and on the road-bed, even onthe sharpest curve.

The apparatus which I have invented for the above purposes may bebriefly described as consisting in shoes or bails suspended from thelongitudinals ot' the car closely under the truck-transoms, so that iffor any reason the wheels or any of them should leave the rails thesetransoms would immediately drop into and be held rigidly by the bails,thereby preventing the truck from turning, and keeping the car in theline of the train.

For full comprehension of my invention reference must be had to theaccompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, and being asectional View of one truck-frame of a car to which my invention hasbeen applied.

A is one of the longitudinals of the car, 13 being the bolster, and O OG the transoms or truck-frames, all these being of any usualconstruction.

D is an iron bail or shoe, of suitable section and strength, turned upat the ends, on which are formed fiat eyes (1 d, and of sufficientlength to allow, when in position, full play to the transoms whenpassing around a curve.

E E are chains hung by hooks e e to elevises F F, bolted to thelongitudinals A, these chains passing through the eyes d of the bail D,and holding it, as shown in the drawing, just below the under side ofthe transomsOO. As these supports are free to run through the eyes orlinks d, they help to adjust the bails and keep them in proper positionwith regard to the truck-frames, whatever may be the curve or grade ofthe road. So long as the wheels remain on the rail the bails simply hangclear of all other mechanism under the truck-frames; but if from anycause the transoms drop they are received and held rigidly in the bailsD D. and thereby prevented from turning in either direction.

Jointed or other rods suitably attached to the longitudinals and to thebails may be in some instances substituted for the chains E E.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and wish secured by Letters Patent, is asfollows:

1. In combination with a railway-car, safe ty bails or shoes suspendedloosely from the car beneath the truck-frames, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination, with the truck-frame of a railway-ear, of thebailsD, suspended to the longitudinals of the car by chains E E or othersupports allowing of compensating play, all as herein set forth.

GEORGE ()KILL STUART CONWAY.

In presence of FRAS. HY. REYNOLDS, R. A. KnLLoND.

